How To Install libgles2-mesa-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgles2-mesa-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libgles2-mesa-dev
libgles2-mesa-dev is:
This is a transitional dummy package, it can be safely removed.
Package: libgles2-mesa-dev Architecture: amd64 Version: 20.0.4-2ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: libdevel Source: mesa Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu X-SWAT [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 77 Depends: libgles-dev, libglvnd-dev Filename: pool/main/m/mesa/libgles2-mesa-dev_20.0.4-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 6428 MD5sum: a379d620dd0f7bd96c49b49ddd2d9e3e SHA1: 0c22a773084d2dfca984638100ee95aabbbcc381 SHA256: b88a073697e27b8827b8392ee12dafa2a8491e211079660660b8dc871e59fe58 Homepage: https://mesa3d.org/ Description-en: transitional dummy package This is a transitional dummy package, it can be safely removed.
There are three methods to install libgles2-mesa-dev on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libgles2-mesa-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libgles2-mesa-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgles2-mesa-dev
Install libgles2-mesa-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgles2-mesa-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgles2-mesa-dev
Install libgles2-mesa-dev Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libgles2-mesa-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgles2-mesa-dev
How To Uninstall libgles2-mesa-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libgles2-mesa-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgles2-mesa-dev
Uninstall libgles2-mesa-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgles2-mesa-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgles2-mesa-dev
Remove libgles2-mesa-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libgles2-mesa-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgles2-mesa-dev
Remove libgles2-mesa-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgles2-mesa-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgles2-mesa-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgles2-mesa-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
